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Hi, I’m Phil Nelson, a writer, developer, and audio-visual maker of stuff. I have been making stuff online for over 25 years. I run RetroStrange and Set Side B. Good to see you.
Blog Archives
Month: November 2010
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A Waste of Money and Time
[Security professional Bruce Schneier on what really makes plane travel safer, and the difference between theater and reality][link]:
>Of course not. Airport security is the last line of defense, and it’s not a very good one. What works is investigation and intelligence: security that works regardless of the terrorist tactic or target. Yes, the target matters too; all this airport security is only effective if the terrorists target airports. If they decide to bomb crowded shopping malls instead, we’ve wasted our money.
[link]: http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2010/11/22/do-body-scanners-make-us-safer/a-waste-of-money-and-time “A Waste of Money and Time – Room for Debate – NYTimes.com”
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Cargo Collective’s 4th Amendment Wear
[The 4th Amendment printed in metallic ink on shirts, underwear, and socks, to make your TSA encounters more interesting.][link] Just to refresh your memory, the full text of the 4th Amendment to the US Constitution:
>The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Can you imagine a modern government writing down anything even remotely like this? THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE doesn’t seem to be a phrase modern politicians understand.
[link]: http://cargocollective.com/4thamendment “4thamendmentwear”
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iPhone and iPad now support TrueType font embedding
[About which your humble narrator is extremely excited.][link] iOS has supported SVG fonts for awhile, but SVG fonts are much larger in filesize and lower quality as of yet.
[link]: http://www.zeldman.com/2010/11/26/web-type-news-iphone-and-ipad-now-support-truetype-font-embedding-this-is-huge/ “Web type news: iPhone and iPad now support TrueType font embedding. This is huge. – Jeffrey Zeldman Presents The Daily Report”
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Scott Wilson’s iPod Nano Watch Kits Raise $350,000 on Kickstarter
Obviously [crowd-sourced patronage will never work.][link] The project still has 3 weeks lefts to go, too.
[link]: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1104350651/tiktok-lunatik-multi-touch-watch-kits “TikTok+LunaTik Multi-Touch Watch Kits by Scott Wilson — Kickstarter”
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National Opt-Out Day, November 24th
[For those wondering, it is the official position of Extra Future that these TSA changes are absurd acts of security theater from a government with no respect for it’s citizens. Opt-Out if you’re flying tomorrow and send them a message.][link]
[link]: http://www.optoutday.com/ “National Opt-Out Day”
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Warren Ellis Recieves A Case of THE BLACK BLOOD OF THE EARTH
The nature-defying science coffee mentioned [previously on Extra Future][prev] is now for sale, and [Warren will surely wind up in hospital later today][link]. My jealously is palpable.
[link]: http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=11156 “Warren Ellis » received goods 22nov10”
[prev]: http://extrafuture.com/2010/03/08/funranium-labs-experiments-in-coffee/ “Funranium Labs’ Experiments In Coffee” -
Sweatshop Movie Night: LADY FRANKENSTEIN
[Tonight, on the SWEATSHOP, the 1971 italian horror film LADY FRANKENSTEIN. Join us for love, laughter, and my eventual intoxication.][link]
[link]: http://3liza.tumblr.com/post/1611637719/tonight-on-sweatshop-our-premiere-movie-night “Aggregating”
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Doctors Save Girl’s Hand By Grafting It To Her Leg For 3 Months
[This is exciting and very future:][link]
>In July, nine-year-old Ming Li lost her hand in a tractor accident. Her arm was too damaged to reattach it, so they grafted it to her leg instead. Three months later, her hand’s back on her arm and regaining function.
[link]: http://gizmodo.com/5692472/doctors-save-girls-hand-by-grafting-it-to-her-leg-for-3-months “Doctors Save Girl’s Hand By Grafting It To Her Leg For 3 Months”
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The Case Against COICA
[The Combatting Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA) is bad mojo][link] that will not only limit creativity but stifle business. It will unconstitutionally restrict freedom of speech, raise the cost of doing business on the internet in a time when the economy is already in the toilet, and **create an internet blacklist in America**.
[The EFF has a larger look at the bill][link], and none of it is good.
[link]: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/11/case-against-coica “The Case Against COICA | Electronic Frontier Foundation”